2 killed 5 wounded in an overnight shooting in Virginia

Washington 5th, September : Two persons died and five others were wounded in a shooting.

killed as well as five other injured in an incident in Norfolk in the eastern US state of Virginia police confirmedThe incident occurred the morning of Sunday, Xinhua news agency reported.

Norfolk police on Sunday reported that officers were called to the 5500 block of Killam Avenue for the report of an incident involving gunshots about midnight.They found four women and three men suffering from gunshot wounds.

Of the patients admitted to the hospital two died later of the injuries they sustained.Detectives are still investigating the shooting while police seek information from the witnesses.

The US has been through more than 458 mass shootings this year, as per the most recent data obtained from Gun Violence Archive.int/khz/ .